Abstract
This short communication presents a novel technique for measuring the velocity of a confined swirling flow using a single-sensor hot-wire probe. Unlike conventional hot-wire techniques, directional calibration of the hot-wire probe is not required. The technique has been applied to a swirling flow in an annular pipe. Comparisons are made with measurements obtained using a dual-sensor X-probe. A non-dimensional swirl number was used to characterise the swirl intensity obtained using both techniques. A good agreement was attained wherein a +-0.04 difference was obtained between the two techniques.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 277-280 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Measurement |
| Volume | 129 |
| Early online date | 19 Jul 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2018 |
Bibliographical note
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Measurement. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Measurement, 129, (2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2018.07.024© 2018, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Keywords
- Hot-wire anemometry
- Swirling flow
- Velocity measurement